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Oops-istan

Everybody is going to hear a lot about Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2011. Reports on the flagging American war effort, murderous militants, and the region’s opiate-based corruption will leave you sucking your thumb in a stupor.

Suicide bombers can be identified by their headbands, which read: lā ʾilāha ʾillallāh, Muḥammad rasūlu-llāh (There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger).

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